Inspirations

"He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted." - Isaiah 53:3-4

"There are two freedoms – the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought." - Charles Kingsley

PRAYER MOTIVATOR

"I cried to thee, O Lord; and unto the Lord I made supplication." - Psalm 30:8

"Our growth in grace and power depends largely upon our individual, personal prayer life. Yet public worship is nonetheless important and necessary." - Constance Garrett

SOUL-WINNING MOTIVATOR

"Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man." - Colossians 4:6

Speak to "inflame the heart of the hearer, drag him away from his sin, and convert him to repentance." - Michael Green

How African-Americans Are Affected by the Minimum Wage

May 02, 2014

At $7.25 per hour, the current full-time minimum wage worker earns a mere $15,080 in one year. That’s $4,000 below the federal poverty line and that’s a salary that most would agree is not enough to sustain a living anywhere in this country.

While President Obama and the Democratic party have been working to raise the nation’s minimum wage rate to $10.10 per hour, Senate Republicans blocked the legislation Wednesday. Falling short of the 60 votes needed and arguing that increasing minimum wage will only hurt the economy.

However, Democrats are not quick to give up on the issue and yesterday President Obama offered his remarks on the decision and what the American people can do in response.

“If there’s any good news here, it’s that Republicans in Congress don’t get the last word on this or any issue — you do, the American people, the voters,” Obama said in his speech.

For people of color, the Center for American Progress is reporting that if an increase in minimum wages does take place in the future, the income of blacks, Asians and Hispanics combined will go up by a total of $16.1 billion.

Currently, people of color make up 42 percent of minimum wage earners, even though they’re only 32 percent of the workforce.